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Saiichi Maruya (丸谷 才一, Maruya Saiichi, August 27, 1925 – October 13, 2012[1]) was a Japanese author and literary critic.[2][3]

Saiichi Maruya
Saiichi Maruya in 2011
Native name	丸谷才一
Born	Saiichi Nemura (根村才一) (1925-08-27)August 27, 1925
Died	October 13, 2012(2012-10-13) (aged 87)
Occupation	Writer, translator, critic
Language	Japanese
Alma mater	University of Tokyo
Genre	Fiction
Notable works	Toshi no nokori Tatta hitori no hanran
Notable awards	Akutagawa Prize Tanizaki Prize Kawabata Prize Noma Literary Prize Order of Culture

Biography

Maruya, whose real name was Saiichi Nemura,[4] was born in Tsuruoka city, Yamagata Prefecture on August 27, 1925.[5] His father was a doctor, and apparently wealthy enough to have a big personal library, which whetted Maruya's literary appetite.[6]

Maruya was mobilized into the Japanese Army in March 1945 when still a high school student, but did not see battlefield action as Japan surrendered shortly thereafter.[6] Following the war's end, he completed his high school studies in Niigata, then in 1947 entered the University of Tokyo to major in English literature, although he also studied classical Japanese literature.[5] To develop his own writing style he began translating English works.[5] He translated Joyce's Ulysses[7] in collaboration with Takamatsu Yūichi and Nagai Reiji (1964) and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in 1969. James Joyce's works became a major influence on his writing. After completing his degree, he taught English literature at Kokugakuin University and then at the University of Tokyo. During this time, he wrote several novels, including Ehoba no kao o sakete (エホバ の 顔 を さけて, 1958), Kanata e (彼方 へ, 1962), and Sasamakura (笹まくら, Grass for My Pillow, 1966).

Maruya was also an influential literary critic, publishing reviews in the magazine Shukan Asahi and in the Mainichi Shimbun.[5] Maruya said that improving the quality of book reviews in Japan was one of the things he was most proud of.[5] His criticism and essays include Go-Toba In (後鳥羽 院, The Retired Emperor Go-Toba, 1973), Nihon bungakushi hayawakari (日本文学史 早わかり, A Quick Guide to the History of Japanese Literature, 1976), Asobi jikan (遊び 時間, Play Time, 1976) and Chūshingura to wa nani ka (忠臣蔵 と は 何 か, What is the Chūshingura?, 1984).

Maruya died of heart failure on October 13, 2012.[8]

Awards

In 1968 Maruya won the Akutagawa Prize for Toshi no nokori (年 の 残り, The Rest of the Year). In 1972 he published Tatta hitori no hanran (たった ひとり の 反乱, Singular Rebellion), for which he won the Tanizaki Prize. He also received the Kawabata Prize, the Kikuchi Kan Prize for Cultural Merit and the Noma Literary Prize (1985), and the Order of Culture, awarded in 2011 by the Emperor of Japan.[9]

Selected works in translation

• Singular Rebellion. trans. Dennis Keene. Kodansha America. 1986. ISBN 978-0870117633.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
• Rain in the Wind: Four Stories. trans. Dennis Keene. Kodansha America. 1990. ISBN 978-0870119408.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
• A Mature Woman. trans. Dennis Keene. Kodansha International. 1995. ISBN 978-4770018649.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
• Grass for My Pillow. trans. Dennis Keene. Columbia University Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0231126588.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

References

На других языках

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- [en] Saiichi Maruya

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[ru] Маруя, Сайити

Сайити Маруя (яп. 丸谷 才一 Маруя Сайити, 27 августа 1925 — 13 октября 2012) — японский писатель, литературовед и переводчик английской литературы (Джойс и др.). Лауреат большинства важнейших литературных премий Японии. Как литератор дебютировал в 1960 году с романом «Отвернувшись от лица Иеговы» (エホバの顔を避けて). Этапным для писателя стал роман «Подушка из бамбуковых листьев» (笹まくら, 1966), о человеке, которому удалось уклониться от призыва в армию во время Тихоокеанской войны, и о том, с какими последствиями этого ему пришлось столкнуться спустя двадцать лет после её окончания. Другие сочинения: «Остаток года» (年の残り, 1968, премия Акутагавы), «Один в поле» (たった一人の反乱, 1972, премия Танидзаки), «Моросящий дождь» (横しぐれ, 1975), «Спой японский гимн фальцетом!» (裏声で歌へ君が代, 1982), «Что такое Тюсингура?» (忠臣蔵とは何か, 1985, премия Номы), «Женская зрелость» (女ざかり, 1993), «Принцесса Сверкающего солнца» (輝く日の宮, 2003, премия Идзуми Кёка, по мотивам считающейся утраченной главы Повести о Гэндзи). На русский язык не переводился.

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